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December, 12: Birthdays

Chronological list of birthdays for December, 12

1560 : Maximilien de B‚thune, duke of Sully/baron of Rosny/PM of France

1574 : Anne van Denemarken, daughter of Danish King Frederik II

1579 : Heinrich Steuccius, composer

1630 : Olof Rudbeck, composer

1660 : Peter Rabus, poet/translator (Liberated Britanje)

1673 : Ahmed III, 23rd sultan (Turkey, 1703-30)

1685 : Lodovico Giustini, composer

17 12 : Charles Alexander, Duke of Lotharingen

1715 : Gennaro Manna, composer

1745 : John Jay, diplomat/governor (NY)

1792 : Alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter

1805 : Henry Wells, founder (American Express Co & Wells Fargo & Co)

1806 : Stand Watie, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1871

1818 : Paul Octave Hebert, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1880

1821 : Gustave Flaubert, France, novelist (Madame Bovary)

1830 : Joseph Orville Shelby, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1897

1832 : Abraham C Wertheim, Dutch banker/MP (liberal)

1833 : Matthias Hohner, German manufacturer (harmonica)

1835 : Georges Jean Pfeiffer, composer

1838 : Sherburne W Burnham, US, astronomer (binary stars)

1848 : William Vanderbilt, yachtsman (donated Vanderbilt Cup)

1859 : Edward Bradley, horse owner (1st to own 4 Kentucky Derby winners)

1859 : Maurice Donnay, French playwright (Lovers)

1862 : Daniel Hal‚vy, French historian/writer (La fin des notables)

1863 : Edvard Munch, Norway, painter/print maker (The Scream)

1866 : Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist (Nobel 1913)

1874 : Volter A Kilpi, Finnish writer (Alastalon salissa)

1875 : Desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian

1875 : Karl R G von Rundstedt, German gen-fieldmarshal (Normandy)

1879 : Friedrich Christiansen, nazi commander Wehrmacht Netherland

1879 : Laura Hope Crews, US, actress (Camille, Gone with the Wind)

1879 : Percy Fletcher, composer

1882 : Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (openings theory)

1886 : Owen Moore, County Meath Ireland, actor (She Done Him Wrong)

1887 : Kurt Magnus Atterberg, composer

1889 : Vaclav Stepan, composer

1893 : Edward G Robinson, [Goldenberg], Romania, actor (10 Commandments)

1896 : Eslanda Goode, US anthropology/author under Paul Robeson

1902 : Howard Koch, screenwriter

1903 : Enid Balint-Edmonds, psychoanalyst

1904 : Jim Christy, righty cricket batter (Transvaal, Queensland & S Africa)

1906 : William C Pahlmann, interior decorator (4 Season restaurant, NYC)

1907 : F van Heek, Dutch sociologist

1907 : Fred Elizalde, composer

1907 : Roy Douglas, composer

1909 : Armand H F Boni, the Good One, Flemish poet/writer

1911 : Anna Russell, composer

19 12 : Yusef Bedri, educationist

1913 : Eve Lister, actress/singer (No Limit, Hyde Park)

1913 : Hal Dickinson, singer (Modernaires)

1913 : Stanley Bate, composer

1914 : Denis Begbie, cricketer (South African batsman in five Tests 1948-50)

1915 : Frank Sinatra, Hoboken, vocalist/actor (old blue eyes)

1917 : Edward Firth Henderson, arabist

1917 : Heinrich B”ll, Germ, writer (Group Portrait with Lady, Nobel '72) [OS]

1918 : Joe Williams, Cordele Ga, jazz singer (Everyday I have the Blues)

1918 : Nilda Pinto, [NM Geerdink-Jesurun P], Cura‡ao writer (Nanzi)

1922 : Arthur R Hawkins, US pilot/capt (WW II, downed 14 jap planes)

1923 : Bob Barker, Darrington Wash, game show emcee (Price is Right)

1924 : Edward I Koch, NYC, (Mayor-D-NYC, 1977-89)/judge (People's Court)

1924 : Francis Miroglio, composer

1924 : Nevit Kodali, composer

1924 : Olivier Gendebien, Belgian auto racer

1925 : Cora Lee Johnson, social activist for rural poor

1925 : D G "Dattu" Phadkar, cricketer (pace bowling all-rounder for India)

1925 : Ghulam Guard, cricketer (lefty pace bowler in 2 Tests for India 1959)

1928 : Aitmatow, writer

1928 : Helen Frankenthaler, NY, abstract expressionist artist (Arden)

1928 : Lonesome Sundown, blues singer/guitarist

1929 : Doug Ford, cricket wicket-keeper (successful NSW of 50's)

1929 : John Osborne, Engld, playwright (Look Back in Anger, Luther-TONY 1964)

1930 : Friedrich Voss, composer

1931 : Lionel Blair, Montreal, choreographer (Spotlight)

1932 : Robert Pettit, NBA star (St Louis Bombers/1959 MVP)

1934 : Habib Hassan Touma, composer

1936 : Bengt Emil Johnson, composer

1936 : Iolanda Balas, Romania, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1960)

1938 : Connie Francis, Newark NJ, singer/actress (Where the Boys Are)

1938 : Joel Chadabe, composer

1940 : Dionne Warwick, East Orange NJ, singer (Solid Gold, Way to San Jose)

1940 : Shirley Englehorn, LPGA golfer

1941 : Liesbeth List, Dutch actress/vocalist (Theodorakis)

1941 : Robert Covington, drummer/singer

1941 : Terry Kirkman, Salina Ks, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Association)

1941 : Tim Hauser, jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Tuxedo Junction)

1942 : Mike Heron, rocker

1942 : Mike Pinder, Birmingham England, rocker (Moody Blues)

1943 : Dave Munden, rock drummer (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes)

1943 : Dickey Betts, West Palm Beach Fl, guitarist (Allman Bros-Ramblin' Man)

1943 : Grover Washington Jr, jazz artist (Mr Magic)

1943 : Mike Smith, rocker

1945 : Alan Ward, rocker

1945 : Karl Edward Wagner, US, sci-fi author (Bloodstone, Night Winds)

1945 : Leslie Holbert, LPGA golfer

1945 : Susi Hush, TV producer

1945 : Tony Williams, jazz musician

1946 : Clive Bunker, rock drummer (Jethro Tull)

1946 : Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazil, Indy-car racer (over 10 wins)

1946 : George Santo Pietro, husband of Vanna White

1946 : Marlous Fluitsma, actress (De Prooi, Apart, Alle Dagen Feest)

1947 : Ralph Scala, rocker

1948 : Ray Jackson, rocker

1949 : Ricardo Lu¡s Carreras, NYC, bantamweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1972)

1950 : Billy Smith, Ontario, NHL goaltender (NY Islanders)

1951 : Caren Kaye, NYC, actress (My Tutor, Blansky's Beauties)

1951 : Steven Alan Hawley, Ottawa Ks, PhD/ast (STS 41-D, 61-C, 31, 82)

1952 : Ajit De Silva, cricketer (Sri Lankan lefty spinner in four Tests 1982)

1952 : Cathy Rigby McCoy, Los Alamitos Calif, gymnist (Olympic-4th-1968)

1952 : Neil Peart, rocker (Rush)

1952 : Sarah Douglas, England, actress (Conan, Superman II, Falcon Crest)

1953 : Bruce Kulick, guitarist/singer (KISS)

1955 : Lenore Rittenhouse, Honolulu HI, LPGA golfer (1983 United Va Bank)

1956 : Ana Alicia Ortiz, Mexico City, actress (Melissa-Falcon Crest)

1956 : Sondra Theodore, San Bernadino Cal, playmate (July, 1977)

1957 : Cy Curnin, Londo, England, rock vocalist (Fixx-Sign of Fire)

1957 : Sheila E[scovedo], SF CA, disco drummer (Krushgrove, Holly Rock)

1958 : Leo Kenter, Dutch drummer (Tr”ckener Kecks-More! More! More!)

1958 : Sheree J Wilson, Rochester MN, actress (Our Family Honor, Dallas)

1959 : Belouis Some, rocker (Neville Keighley-Some People)

1959 : Krishnammachari Srikkanth, cricketer (big-hitting Indian opener)

1959 : Scott D Vangen, Granite Falls MN, astronaut

1960 : Amal Silva, cricketer (Sri Lankan wicket-keeper in 9 Tests 1983-88)

1960 : Jaap van Sweden, Dutch violinist/concert master

1961 : Dale Sanderson, CFL guard (Hamilton Tiger Cats)

1962 : Holly Gagnier, LA, actress (One Life to Live)

1962 : Nadeem Ghauri, cricketer (bowled in Test for Pak v Australia 1990)

1962 : Ray Brown, NFL guard (Washington Redskins, SF 49ers)

1962 : Tracy Austin, Rolling Hills Calif, tennis pro (US Open 1979, 81)

1963 : Teresa Blake, Tuscaloosa Ala, actress (Gloria Marsh-All My Children)

1964 : Haywood Jeffires, NFL wide receiver (Houston Oilers)

1964 : Rockin' Jeff, rocker (The Pasadenas-Riding on a Train)

1965 : Laurie Grover-Tavares, Newark NJ, biathelete (Olympics-1994)

1966 : Cheryl Dickey, Houston Texas, 100m hurdler

1966 : Jim Sandlak, Kitchener, NHL right wing (Vancouver Canucks)

1967 : David Szott, NFL guard (KC Chiefs)

1967 : John Randle, NFL defensive tackle (Minn Vikings)

1967 : Masood Anwar, cricketer (one Test Pakistan v West Indies 1990)

1968 : Chris Walsh, NFL wide receiver (Minn Vikings)

1968 : Kurt Schulz, safety (Buffalo Bills)

1968 : Laurie Williams, cricketer (West Indian ODI all-rounder v NZ 1996)

1968 : Ray Ethridge, wide reciever (Baltimore Ravens)

1968 : Tatianna, Phila Pa, spanish singer (Baile Commigo, Chicad de Hoy)

1969 : Carrie Westcott, Mission Hills KS, playmate (Sep, 1993)

1969 : Courtney Hawkins, NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Bucs, Pitts Steelers)

1969 : Doug Terry, NFL/WLAF safety (KC Chiefs, Scotland Claymores)

1969 : Frank Dikstaal, soccer player (MVV)

1969 : Jane Robinson, Australian rower (Olympics-96)

1969 : Kris Wirtz, Red Deer Alberta, ice pairs (1994 Skate Canada)

1969 : Sebastian Savage, WLAF cornerback (Rhein Fire)

1970 : Ivano Newbill, NBA center (Vancouver Grizzlies)

1970 : Jennifer Connelly, Bkln Heights NY, actress (Labyrinth, Rocketeer)

1970 : Kirk Cameron, actor (Mike-Growing Pains, Teen Wolf II)

1970 : Madchen Amick, Reno NV, actress (Shelly Johnson-Twin Peaks)

1970 : Orlando Brown, NFL tackle (Cleve Browns, Baltimore Ravens)

1971 : Becky Sunshine, [Rebekah Jayne Hunter], Ark, Miss Nude Calif (1993)

1971 : John Sacca, WLAF quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals)

1971 : Tito Wooten, NFL safety (NY Giants)

1971 : Toni Hodgkinson, Auckland NZ, 800m (Olympics-96)

1972 : Greg Randolph, Denver Colo, road cyclist (Olympics-74th-96)

1972 : Jamal Willis, NFL running back (SF 49ers)

1972 : John Walsh, NFL quarterback (Cin Bengals)

1972 : Kara Williams, Miss Texas USA (1996)

1972 : Missy Francis, LA Calif, actress (Little House on the Prairie)

1972 : Oliver Quass, WLAF kicker (Amsterdam Admirals)

1973 : Michael DiVenuto, cricketer (exciting Tasmanian batsman)

1973 : Reinard Wilson, linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)

1973 : Stanley Pritchett, running back (Miami Dolphins)

1975 : Mayim Winkelman Bialik, SD, actress (Blossom, Beaches)

1977 : Bridget Hall, Dallas Texas, model (Ford)

1978 : Derrick Delmore, Camp Springs Md, fig skater (1996 Grand Prix champ)